ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    June 30,
    1994
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE
    )
    OF ILLINOIS,
    Complainant,
    V.
    )
    PCB 93—87
    (Enforcement)
    SOUTH
    HOLLAND
    METAL
    FINISHING
    COMPANY,
    INC.,
    an Illinois Corporation,
    Respondent.
    ORDER
    OF THE BOARD
    (by M. McFawn):
    The Illinois Attorney General on behalf of the People of the
    State of Illinois and the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency, filed a formal complaint naming South Holland Metal
    Finishing Company Inc. as a respondent on May 10,
    1993.
    On June
    24,
    1994, the parties filed a request for relief from the
    requirements of Section 31(a) (1)
    of the Environmental Protection
    Act (Act), which requires that proposed stipulated settlements be
    presented at public hearing.
    (415 ILCS 5/31(a)(l)
    (1992).)
    Section 31(a) (2) of the Act provides that whenever a
    complaint has been filed on behalf of the Agency or by the People
    of the State of Illinois, the parties may file with the Board a
    stipulation and proposal for settlement accompanied by a request
    for relief from the requirement of a hearing.
    The Board is
    required to cause notice of the stipulation, proposal and request
    for relief to be published, unless the Board in its discretion,
    concludes that a hearing is necessary.
    The notice must include a
    statement that any person may file a written demand for hearing
    within 21 days after receiving the notice.
    If any person files a
    timely written demand for hearing, the Board shall deny the
    request for relief from a hearing and hold a hearing.
    The Board accordingly directs the Clerk to cause publication
    of the required newspaper notice.
    The Board will reserve ruling
    on the parties’ request until after the statutory 21 days has
    passed.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certi
    that the above order was adopted on thç
    ~
    day of ______________________,
    1994,
    by a vote of
    (~
    Dorothy M. G~in,Clerk
    Illinois Pol1~(itionControl Board

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